This will be a wonderful, blessed week! I hope that you are keeping up with the readings. Please make sure you're asking questions for clarification if you are confused at any point in the reading. This is a short week; Friday is a workday!
5th period
Monday
1.
New Vocabulary (see packet for words)
2. “FFA” Test (35 minutes)
3. The Pearl, novel packet
4. 3 Motif Posters will be hanging in our classroom throughout the reading. Each time one of the following motifs appears, we’ll add a quote that supports it to the poster: music, animals, and the Peal’s symbolism
Hw: write sentences for each word, using context clues to identify the unfamiliar terms (Due Wednesday); read chapter 1 in The Pearl for homework, answer Bloom’s questions in novel packet
Tuesday
1. Good vs Evil
2. Which characters are clearly good guys? Which ones are bad guys?
Sentence diagramming and identifying adverbs, adjectives in sentences
Sentence diagramming and identifying adverbs, adjectives in sentences
3. Dialect
4. Listen to mountain talk CD
5. Discuss the characteristics of the dialect used in the text
6. Human versus animals. Do any characters appear to take on animalistic qualities?
Hw: dialect interview
Wednesday
1.
Check vocabulary
2. Animal, Symbol, Music Motifs (A quote will be added to the 3 posters each time something comes up that relates to these motifs)
3. Nonfiction piece about real lottery winners
4. Students will complete SOAPSTONE
Hw: SOAPSTONE due tomorrow; sentence diagramming; Respond to this: Excerpt from The People, YesCarl Sandburg
Money is power: so said one.
Money is a cushion: so said another.
Money is the root of evil: so said still another.
Money means freedom: so runs an old saying.
And money is all of these- and more.
Money pays for whatever you want– if
you have the money.
Money buys food, clothes, houses, land,
guns, jewels, men, women, time to be lazy and
listen to music.
Money buys everything except love,
personality, freedom, immortality,
silence, peace.
Money is power: so said one.
Money is a cushion: so said another.
Money is the root of evil: so said still another.
Money means freedom: so runs an old saying.
And money is all of these- and more.
Money pays for whatever you want– if
you have the money.
Money buys food, clothes, houses, land,
guns, jewels, men, women, time to be lazy and
listen to music.
Money buys everything except love,
personality, freedom, immortality,
silence, peace.
Thursday-Friday
1.
Go over homework
2. Interims go home today
3. Read chapters 2 and 3 over weekend
Hw: finish Bloom’s questions in novel packet; due Monday
Friday
1. No SCHOOL! WORKDAY!
2, 4, 6, and 7
This week we will look at two of Ray Bradbury's short stories, comparing them to F451. One of them, "There Will Come Soft Rains" was actually written based on a poem by another writer. Ray Bradbury included a portion of the poem in the short story. Both take a look at the rise in technology and a decline in human interaction with each other. Take mental (or physical) notes on things that you observe in Montag's society. Soon, you will be asked to "build" your very own utopia, taking into consideration things that could be deemed as failures in the societies that you will read about. If you're interested in some independent reading that deals with similar topics explored in our current texts, then here is a list of possible choices:
The Uglies
Lord of the Flies
Among the Hidden
Animal Farm
1984
I, Robot
Anthem
Monday
1. Collect essays
2. New vocabulary (adversary; conspicuous; cunnung; deft;disdain;dispel; uncanny; swagger; scarcity; pristine)
3. Allusions in the Simpsons
4. Write vocabulary sentences, using each type of context clues by Wednesday
5. Background on part I of F451 PPT
6. Discuss text
7. PPT in groups(Ray Bradbury; Cold War; McCarthyism; banned books; Nazi book burnings; technology in 40s and 50s; totalitarianism; family life in 40s and 50s (We need to know what life was like during the time the book was written, so you'll know what was missing during that time- -How was the author able to make these predictions? What did he see coming down the line that others didn't see?), dystopias- -Each group must discuss one or more of the following: what happens when things are censored like freedom, religion, speech, art, media, etc. Look at your these as they relate to your group's topic. For instance, present Ray Bradbury's views about what happens when freedom is censored...)
8. Read “The Pedestrian” (I, Robot trailer)
Hw: Vocabulary sentences using context clues(blue sheet given last week); finish reading “The Pedestrian” by Ray Bradbury; PPT due Thursday (computer lab on Wed.)
Tuesday
he job of SF writers is to see the problems in the world and project what would happen in the future if we continue on this path. They are social critics. Find the problem the writer is critiquing and whether s/he was right in his/her prediction.1. “The Pedestrian”animated video of short story (Clarisse had an uncle arrested for being a pedestrian)
2. Discuss Setting, mood, and purpose of the short story
3. What was Leonard’s crime? How is this story similar to F451? Who is the sole representative of the totalitarian society? In what way is the community depicted as a soulless society? What is ironic about the place where Mead is taken?
4. Isolation; relationship; individual and society; progress
5. Read F451
Hw: grammar; vocabulary; finish reading Part I by Thursday; Venn Diagram (compare/contrast “Harrison Bergeron” to “The Pedestrian”)
•Adversary- n. An opponent or enemy
•Cunning-Adj. Sly; crafty; clever
•Conspicuous-adj. easily seen; obvious
•Deft-adj. Skillful and quick;
•Disdain-n. Feeling that something or someone is bad; contempt or scorn
•Dispel-v; to cause to disappear; drive away; disperse
•Uncanny- adj; arousing wonder and fear as if supernatural; eerie
•Swagger-Verb; to walk in a way that makes you think you’re important
•Scarcity; N. A shortage; insufficient amount of supply
Pristine; adj; remaining in a pure; unspoiled stateWednesday
1. Go over Venn Diagram
2. Vocabulary is due
3. Go over vocabulary
7. Computer lab to finalize PPT due tomorrow4. BD diagnostic EOG style reading assessment =for grade!
5. “There will Come Soft Rains” Ray Bradbury
6. Discuss text
Hw: Finish reading short story; grammar sentence for the week; vocabulary quiz on Monday;
Thursday
6. Ray Bradbury- -Psychic or Just lucky? (groups- -What did he predict that has come true? What did he miss?)1. INTERIMS go home TODAY! DUE MONDAY! EXTRA HOMEWORK GRADE!
2. PPT presentations (3 minutes max)
3. Reading quiz on part 1 of F451
4. What would the world be like without us?
5. “There Will Come Soft Rains” writing piece, due Monday (typed!) by Ray Bradbury (McCllenan, Clarisse's last name)
Hw: grammar; typed writing piece, due Monday. Vocabulary quiz Monday
Friday: NO SCHOOL! HAVE A WONDERFUL, BLESSED WEEKEND!
NEXT WEEK: Allusion mini-project
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